EPPO Global Database

Pomacea canaliculata(POMACA)

Distribution details in Mexico

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2013: Present, no details
First recorded in: 2009
Comments
First specimens were found in 2009 in a canal (Todo Mexicano) in Baja Califonia. Then found in several other locations in the same area. Thought to have spread to Mexican waters through the tributaries of the Colorado River from a population originally introduced in Yuma, Arizona (US) around 2005.
References
* Campos E, Ruiz-Campos G, Delgadillo J (2013) [First record of the exotic apple snail Pomacea canaliculata (Gastropoda: Ampullariidae) in Mexico, with remarks on its spreading in the Lower Colorado River]. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 84, 671-675 (in Spanish).
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
United States of America Arizona Present, no details view...
United States of America Texas Absent, invalid record view...
United States of America California Present, no details view...
United States of America Present, restricted distribution view...
United States of America Florida Present, few occurrences view...
United States of America Hawaii Present, no details view...